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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CIA

10/26/1959
5

CRUZADA REVOLUCIONARIA ANTI COMUNISTA
JOSE RASCO BERMUDA

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-WEth His: local. supporters through three women who visit him periodically. He
: has“ been. apprised of the activities of his followers in Miami and has wequested

~ ehat '$20;5000. be furnished. to a 40-man group of his followers in Camaguey 7
" -  Provines.”. The Caniaguey group is the one: he has charged with making a raid. on, 7
La Cabafia’ ‘prison. and freeing him.

- 6. Under the orders of Reipaé are Navai'ro; ete, (fnu) Frome -
Sanseahe "followes

contacted one, ho has a group of followers (ed del

, Rie “has and dynamite burt ed. on. his’ farn a that prov
[PRUNA’Blanso rovince whic

is ‘led’ by sony ag (5 fthe[ CABRERA (6

group is caliéd \ (Legis Care roetak nO

The’ ‘buried’ amas and Gynemite are to, be. used in \ sabotage and assassination | .

attempts. a wen . feos .
7. (ero Blanco ‘ars oaarwif® co contact Manuel

BLANCO Ne o/is attempting to set up an arms drop .

to the[LDC flometers north of Los Palacios (22 36N,: 83 16W)'

(ine men will be waiting. at this point and will “elena. ‘the Plane saicing the
drop: “with: four fleshlight 8.7. ;

8. Besides-the two groups.
Reinaldo’ BLANCO Navarro
provinces. * ‘

nar del Rio “Srevinde seks ‘the group "i basmguah
has tuo. PonPa in Matanzas and Santa Clara. .

9, On ‘about: 25. August 1959 ‘Menuet’ BLANCO. ‘Navarro, in n Hiand wrote a “letter to, or £
his’followers in Cuba... Enolosed with the letter were two messages which 1. Bl NCO...

+ asked be forwarded to fBrlandg,
[HiNlo°SA; Avenida No, 515. y
“asked that[GELAZC
(Sic). _ One of the messag

% ‘Dear Brothers

I am writing these ‘lines “to accompany, a 1 tter from my. :
Dr. Redriguez Couc | Sta
“out that they have arrested Leonel ‘and that I camot return there.
‘As you will see in the letter, I am sending you a series of instruc=-
“tions to see if we ‘group that is. presently without,
“ary Jeaders, Just as you: have ‘probably réad in the newspapers, - they
“have caught all the deaders in the roundup... This doesn't mean’ aRy= .
-- thing more thar tha: we shall be: ‘delayed until ‘We are reorganized ©
"again. Only about, #499. were arre ly and the group mabered. about -

39000. : . vt

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“ As he (ny friend) informs you, I do net believe that you ought:
“to visit Reinaldo B (0 Navarro, in ba Cabaia prison. You should _
‘send someone in whom you have, confidefice. Ia the new contacts that you.
‘made do not use your, own name .. Use an alias. . so that, if anyone .
“should talk, they. will not be. able te identify you. You. should pro- bee
“tect the place where you live. When: ‘you have meetings, hold them at oe
~ “prearranged. places never in your home. = know that you know how to... | .
ao “do ‘these things, but I want to warn you to be careful. apd use other
=~". “persons to make’ your contacts. Den't do-it persenal3y., The principal. fe et’
Lo objective is to Ls able to maintain yourself as the leader of the oe

* hevement st least “until you select chiefs if your, work, Preece you. :
~ “from dealing in Ha copes

aed

@ with a ‘targe group “which. was not caught, _ I
x rganized ‘from. Autentico People. So

Lose its Leaders, since, as I BAY» it

joined us only B few day:

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hat ‘Don Fidel may not last until the’ New Year, In the next letter we

shall ‘send more details and possibly give the main outlines of ‘the’

business. AS soon as you have anything to. report, use a cour

whom you have confidence. Do not uss the name of Carlos LOSADA}S

that name is now "burned". Use the name[Angel: MARTINEZ use the.

address which you already have. for the tine being. I think, that we,
ao orien ond

: 10." The: ego

, m2 2, the leaders of the: Organt athe
°““have been arrested, and itAs-most: necessary that our people: ‘be

o*-peorganized so that the movement isnot Idst, ~The only ‘person’ ‘ati’ ise~
. able to do se is you, I know that. the responsibility is. very. great,
= “bat I alse know your: ilities. ane we are ‘sure that you wi be ‘abl
“BO ‘do. the. Jobe aa Soc. Bas ce

ee will contimie
our informations |

“the ‘brother of Baye:
Ss tions: to follow.

4m the -Resite de I
Seon, who is-

OUR novenent at shall. send vor

ealkting -of ( oT 1 resontly, urd letter,
fron New York, a group foliowers oeliose 1 Tgnnsi SRA
es 1b (ste) of ‘the Agrapasions

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poo Ina memorandum dated 16 September 1959 the U.S. Air Attache in Habana

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~ You should also see(Seior Agust{f BATISTA, Jr, fn the
“Trust Company [}2) He knows (Fran wd is a cousin of gu

anco
nd. is Wwe Like,
. “So that he doesii't mistrus you, tell him that you are the messenger ~~~
“~“(enviado) and tell him to recall the interview ve had in the lobby
“of the Savoy Hilten of New York. Up to recently he had a group. |
aetna _ nie en

Monee? wttne
sate
you & lots above all uy

., lives_at(Galfano’ and Lagunas }%
(Sate. a, e receives cur_letters
“vas the brother’ of(Ha

and can help you. ‘ttroduce yourself.
dee S)No_one else should see her tut you, and 1
su must be extremely, careful to

protect. her. ;

hat this is nough for. now. Be extremely careful, -_

Well, I belii

and file,since the thing is soon... —

otgmatane iitogtbte)

Field Comments ~~

1. Previously reported ‘as a Cuban’ Rebel Army ‘captain heading a counter-..
_ revolutionary’ group in Cuba. “BLANCO was one of the chief conspirators
.. arrested in August’ 1959, when the Cuban Government smashed a plot |...

26. Brother and father respectively, of Reinaldo BLANCO Navarro.

3- Presidential candidate of the Cuban Feople's Party in the 1958. cuban:
/ elections. He took asylum in the Venezuelan Embassy in July 1959 and
_ | was last reported in exile in Caracas on 26 July. At that time he -
-... reportedly said that he would soon leave for New York, where his
.. family was. - .

he In an gpen letter dated 6 Jpne 1959 at Miami, one{ Francisco RODRIGUEZ ;
_ , Tamayo eka FEL Mejicano® former Rebel Army captain, invited his -
_ former compartons-in-arms* to join CRAC.

. 5. The BLANCO group was reportedly without funds or arms as of 31 August 1959.

reported information from a wife of one of the prisoners in La Cabana

. that CRAC had gathered $1,000,000 to get Reinaldo BLANCO, Enrique. .
OVARES , Gustavo de los REYES, Kuku BRINGUIER, and Dr. CAINAS Milanes out.
of prison. OVARES, REYES, and CAINAS are also high=level conspirators
who were arrested in the roundup of August 1959,

7o According to a memorandum dated 26 August 1959, from the Protection
Section of. the American Embassy, Habana, an American citizen who had
just been released frém La Cabana prison after five months? mprisone
ment reported that a group of ‘approximately 60 political prisoners
and former prisoners are actively engaged in counter-revolutionary
activities. Three hundred of the group were said to be at Liberty ~-
in Habana, approximately 100 still held in prison, and about 70 in

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open rebellion in ai del Rio under [Inds LARA crespo]? former corporal
of the BATIST Among the leaders of the group was one(Fernande
PRUNA Blanco @no ws was said to be held in the Castillo Prison at the time.
(PRUNA BlancéT(fnu) - ‘may be a relative of or identical with/Fernando PRUNA
Blanco¢ S)
Identified by Source as the brother of [Angel navarnoSreviously reported
as co-ordinator of a group of counter-revolutionaries in Miamic

“on 22 September 1959 source reported that this army drop had been. scheduled
between 8 and 10 pem. on 25 September. 1959. :

Source did not know the size of any of the groups.

This probably refers to [Bre Francisco RODRIGUEZ couceire | feported by 2
usually reliable source in July 1959 to be a leader, together with oneLlose {S)

(Inis PUJOLJS0f a Cuban counter-revolutionary movement. (RODRIGUEZ Couceire 5)

was reported by the same source to be a fapst cousin of Francisco RODRIGUE
[Zamayo, aka "El Mejicano® (the Mexican) {5/fhe Habana telephone directory
lists af Dre Francisco RODRIGUEZ Couceiros 2 lawyer, at{/Pasco Noo cm

Morgan and GUTIERREZ are two Cuban Rebel Army majors who penetrated th
conspiracy that was smashed in August 1959.

3
The Habana telephone directory lists a(Union crf Gen Lazaro Now 12iffavana.

This is ‘possibly a reference tolbr. Valentin ARENAS Arminan; eported in July

1949 by a usu reliable source as the notary ‘handling the purch a £ the

(anco Ultran or Spanish pro-Franco interests. The({Banco Ultram. as later
sorbed by the[Banco Continental Anericanoy Som known as the [Banco Continental

bano. o .
Cubano 1©) ~ —_ . - 3
The Habana ellephone directory lists a(dose Io RASCO fi Avenida(31 No. 706,

(go> rnetetennemeenenel S (mer amamenanamereentncenaer nen gg etree wie  Te

Saeed

The Habana telephone directory lists a[Banco Trustfc Ciel of Cuba with main
offices at[Obispo No. 257; aynanee

This is possibly a reference fir hock fi (ted in the Habana

press on 18 June 1959 as an executive Of thelJplio JB ganization and former
newspaper business manager who yas released by Cuban Government authorities ~
on 16 June.. {Liaca d his son, a poreae LLACA, Ira 5 ad been held on —
charges of conspiracy. A Unite s report dated 2If July 1959 at Santiago,

_ Chile, said that(Enrique LLACA Orbis lawyer and one-time economic editor

of [Diario de la Marina) had arrived in in Chile as an exile.

‘ $ 27 ude oo
This is possibly a reference to[GuillermoABELT, former Cuban Ambassador to
the United States under BATISTA. S Se

Wealthy Cuban businessman with large sugar interests.

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